MotoGP icon Rossi is competing within the Gulf 12 Hour endurance race in Abu Dhabi.
And Penrith racer Bird may also be within the discipline after popping out on high within the AMG Young Driver Test occasion in Spain final week.
Bird, 24, and 21-year-old Italian Lorenzo Ferrari obtained the higher of robust competitors amongst a discipline of twenty-two gifted young drivers from internationally.
The occasion was held on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo close to Valencia, with all of the individuals holding a Gold or Silver FIA classification.
Bird, representing the Haupt Racing Team (HRT), and his fellow rivals had been coached on web site by a workforce of Mercedes-AMG Performance drivers, every of whom was assigned to a unique group.
After their spectacular performances, Cumbrian Bird and Ferrari will now share a cockpit within the Gulf 12 Hours which types the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli, on the weekend of December 8-10 on the YAS Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, which can be the home of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The automotive might be entered by the GruppeM Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing workforce, with their skilled co-driver set to be Austrian Lucas Auer.
Rossi, a nine-times MotoGP champion, might be making his debut look within the Middle East race, driving a BMW.
Bird mentioned: “I’m very pleased with the results of the Young Driver Test.
“It’s an honour to have been given this chance by HRT and I felt very snug with the workforce.
“We labored onerous, centered on ourselves and finally put in a terrific efficiency.
“Many because of the entire workforce and to Luca Stolz, who helped me loads as my driver coach. I’m wanting ahead to competing in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 on the Gulf 12 Hours.
“In Lorenzo Ferrari and Lucas Auer, we now have a superb line-up and we hope to deliver home the very best outcome.”
